Watchmen trailer
Pretty tight, and loving the old school Smashing Pumpkins soundtrack. The director is the same guy who did 300. I think I’m a fan. The trailer is good enough that I think I’m going to go buy Watchmen at Barnes and Noble. I’m familiar with it but have never really been into graphic novels. After seeing this though…
Jane Hamsher announces that FireDogLake is going to have a user diary section, called Oxdown Gazette. Thats cool but honestly I’m more interested in the custom WordPress install they are going to use to power it.
Sweet, I can be buried there after all
As someone who’s Jewish and has tattoo’s I’ve often heard the saying that Jew’s with tattoos (hey that rhymes) can’t be buried in Jewish cemeteries. The Times though did some investigating (via) and it turns out thats basically not true, and never has been:
But the edict isn’t true. The eight rabbinical scholars interviewed for this article, from institutions like the Jewish Theological Seminary and Yeshiva University, said it’s an urban legend, most likely started because a specific cemetery had a policy against tattoos. Jewish parents and grandparents picked up on it and over time, their distaste for tattoos was presented as scriptural doctrine.
My mom will be so happy. I guess that means I can get another one? Read the article, lots of good stuff in there concerning us Jews and our tattoos.
For those of you like me who are jealous of those in Austin for Netroots Nation, you can follow the tweets of those attending via this helpful page set up by the Huffington Post. via
Rachael Maddow is next in line
The NY Times has a profile today that is music to the ears of all Rachael Maddow fans. In it you’ll learn that:
- Phil Griffin, newly promoted president of MSNBC, says she’s first in line to get a show.
- Maddow has a doctorate from Oxford.
- She’s got a book coming out next year on “the shifting role of the military as a political issue”.
- The one time she was asked to be a guest on Fox News was when Madonna made news for kissing Britney Spears.
As a fan of Maddow, and after watching her capably handle Keith’s spot last week, I’m all in favor of her getting her own show. Chris Matthews contract is about to be up…..7 pm sound good to anyone?
My recently aquired love Dexter was nominated for a Best Drama Emmy. How’d The Wire not get nominated though?
Summer Shandy
At our office pre-July 4th lunch party they had 10 month old Heineken (literally 10 months old, not an exageration) and this other beer called “Summer Shandy”, made by a brewery in Wisconsin, Leinenkugel. Naturally I went with the Summer Shandy and you know what? Its pretty damn good. Its actually a beer/lemonade combo and the result is a nice flavor with a bit of that lemonade tart kick at the end. Wikipedia, natch, has more on shandies. Anyway, two thumbs up for this beer. As a show of approval I stole a six-pack to bring home with me. Can’t have a beer this good sit around for 10 months waiting to be consumed.
Photo by Flickr user Another Pint Please used under a Creative Commons license
Matt Yglesias is leaving The Atlantic for the Center for American Progress.